Curtain-display rack.



PATENTED SEPT. 17,1907.

W. H. PARRILL. CURTAIN DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION rum) APR. 21, 1906'.

mi l!!!" WILLIAM H. PARRILL, OF FAIRMOUNT, INDIANA.

CURTAIN-DISPLAY RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1'7, 1907.

Application filed April 27, 1906- Serial No. 313,999.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PARRILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairmount, in the county of Grant and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Display Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain racks, and refers particularly to a device for holding curtains or similar articles for the purpose of exhibiting the same.

The main object of my invention is the provision of a curtain rack which will be capable of holding any number of curtains, and which may be so adjusted as to exhibit the curtain in the best possible light or for other purposes.

Another object of the invention, is the provision of a device of this character which will be of light, simple and inexpensive construction, and which will be useful for a number of purposes.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists of a curtain rack comprising wall brackets, a supporting rod vertically mounted in the brackets and means for adjustably securing the rod therein, sleeves slidably mounted on the supporting rod, and horizontal arms secured in the sleeves, and my invention further consists of certain other novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as disclosed herein.

Figure 1, is a front elevation of my improved rack with the supporting arms folded against the wall. Fig. 2, is a side elevation thereof with the arms extended. Fig. 3, is a detail view of the lower wall bracket. Fig. 4, is a plan view of one of the supporting arms. Fig. 5, is a detail view partly in section, of a modified construction.

Referring to the drawings: The letter A, designates a plate or base board which is suitably secured to a wall, and mounted at the upper and lower ends of the board, are the upper and lower brackets B and C, respectively. These brackets are formed with the squared heads or extensions D, provided with central vertical passages in which is mounted the vertical supporting rod E. In the head of one of the brackets, preferably the lower, a set screw F, is secured, which engages the supporting rod, so that by this means, the supporting rod is adjustable in the brackets and may be entirely removed therefrom when so desired.

Slidably mounted upon the red, are a number of sleeves G, formed each with a neck or extensionH, in which is secured a horizontal rod or arm .I. The

sleeves may be frictionally adjustable upon the supporting rod, or they may be provided with a set screw K, to secure the rod in the adjusted position. In the modified form of sleeve shown in Figs. 2 and 5,

the sleeves are provided with a threaded socket L, in

which is secured a sleeve M. A pin N, passes through the sleeve M and through the wall of the sleeve G, and at its outer end, the pin is provided with a head 0, for manipulating'the same. A collar P, is mounted upon the pin inside the sleeve M, and a coiled spring Q, is confined therein between the said collar and end wall of the sleeve. The inner end of the pin is adapted to engage recesses formed for that purpose in the supporting rod, and by drawing the spring-pressed pin outward, it is disengaged from the recesses and may be moved to the desired position upon the supportingrod.

More arms may be added to the supporting red by loosening the set screw and removing the rod, or lowering it sufiicient to allow the insertion of the sleeve carrying the supporting arm. The base board may be dispensed with and the brackets be applied directly to the wall, if so desired.

From this description taken in connection with the drawings, it will be obvious that I have accomplished all the objects herein set forth, and have provided a means for displaying curtains and for similar purposes, which is entirely practical and satisfactory in every particular.

I claim:

The curtain rack herein shown and described consisting of a base plate, spaced brackets secured thereon, said brackets having; broad securing base portions and constricted neck portions terminating in a squared head having a central opening therethrough, a set screw secured in the side of one of the heads, a rod engaged in the open ings in the heads and clamped in place by the set screw, sleeves slidably engaged upon the supporting rod, said sleeves each having external oppositely disposed sockets, a supporting arm secured in the socket on the forward side of the sleeve, a tubular thiinble having closed ends, one end of said thimble having threaded engagement with the rear socket on the sleeve, apin passing through the sleeve and having a pointed inner end in engagement with the supporting rod, the outer end of the pin having an enlarged knurled operating head, a collar upon the pin located within the thilnble, and a spiral spring surrounding the pin and bearing against the collar and outer end of the thimble to hold the pin in engagement with the supporting rod.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. PARRILL.

Witnesses:

, W. M. WARNER,

J. E. CARTER. 

